Thank you all so much for your nice comments on Wednesday’s post of beautiful gardens. Few places can bring peace like a garden. Maybe I need to do that more often on the blog. But… [Continue Reading]
FRIDAY FINDS
It’s officially fall. I will allow myself to use the word now, but that doesn’t mean I’m happy about it. But there’s nothing to be done about it, so I might as well make the… [Continue Reading]
DAHLIAS: DARLINGS OF THE GARDEN
It’s been a great year for dahlias here. Who am I kidding? It’s been a great year for everything in the garden, but the dahlias are appreciating our lovely summer as much as anything. A… [Continue Reading]
TAMING THE JUNGLE: HOW A GARDEN FARES ON ITS OWN
On Monday I shared with you a few photos of what my garden looked like before I left for 10 days. I mentioned that I did my best to cut as many flowers as I… [Continue Reading]
GETTING THE GARDEN VACATION READY
So I’m alive. I feel like I should probably clarify that since I just totally disappeared on you. Once again I got behind on things before I headed out of town to go sailing and… [Continue Reading]
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE GARDEN
I got a message from a friend and blog reader the other day who asked, “How come you aren’t blogging about planting?” It’s a fair question, this being primarily a gardening blog. The fact of… [Continue Reading]
THE BEAUTY AND SADNESS OF FROST BOUQUETS
There is a traditional among northern gardeners in which the night before the first frost we all run out to our gardens and cut every tender flower we can find. Last Friday, the night of… [Continue Reading]